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`AS DEWE IN APRYLLE': `I SYNG OF A MAYDEN' AND THE LITURGY I syng of a mayden that is makeles, Kyng of alle kynges to here sone che ches. He cam also stylle ther his moder was As dewe in Aprylle that fallyt on the gras. He cam also stylle to his moderes bowr As dew in Aprille that fallyt on the flour. He cam also stylle ther his moder lay As dew in Aprille that fallyt on the spray. Moder and maydyn was never non but che-- Wel may swych a lady Godes moder be!
`I syng of a mayden' is one of the most widely read and most frequently commented on of the shorter Middle English poems. Derek Pearsall's remarks distil much of ...